Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-03
WHY EVERY VOTER SHOULD VOTE FOR
THE MARKET PROPOSITION.

The reasons why every voter should cast
a ballot for the market proposition, to con-
denim the section of | street from Third to
Fifth on the north side, fill the lots, and
open the space for public market ex-
change, are overwhelmingly strong
The spot as it now is, is menace to the
ills, the continuance of which shame us
on the ground of neglect of common
cleanliness. 1t is an offense to the senses
of sight, hearing and smelling. 1t is
gross ofiense to the sentiment of decency,
and has been for twenty five years mora!
as well as physical shame and blot upon
the fair name of the capital city of Cali
fornia
The incoming stranger gets his first and
often his only impression of the city by
the rear view presented of the Chinese
quarter now occupying the land. 1t is
therefore constant hindrance to all effort
to induce settlement here. A thoughtful
man from New York, in this city on
Thursday last, summed up the whole
question when asked to make his invest
ments here: ~ don't think it best to
come among people who consent to such
place as | find on oae of your chief
streets. 1t is worse than anything | have
seen in any city"
The slough forming part Of the prop
erty must be filed; that part is now
useless to its owners or the city, and it
must be brought into some beneficial
relation to the community. 1t cannot
cost much, where covered by the slough,
because Il is ,cith0m real Cdlue until filed to
the grade If the south half is filled, or
the filling begun, the railroad company,
owning on the north, will begin at once to
fill its half of the property, and to occupy
it with important essentials to its expand
ing industry. The filling must be stimuli
taneous, because if GA" fills and "B"
does not, "a " must fill half of BIS" lot
by slope in order to secure an embank-
ment Tor MS own grade.
The city needs very much an open space
to be dedicated as public market place
There is no other plat near the business center
and the depots and landings that can be had
or that the city can afford to condemn for that
purpose. The railroad tracks on | street
are now used for unloading large part of
the produce coming to the city, and as the
space is narrow and the street occupied by
the Chinese, business is crippled, time lost
and trade actually driven from us because
Of the inconvenience.
A public street is now occupied by the
local produce dealers every morning, be-
cause there is no other place for their as
sembly exchanges. The new market place
will give them ample ROOM On this plat |
will be established the fruit shipping plat
forms by which the shipment Of green
fruits will be greatly expedited and the
business thus made more secure and be |
more encouraged. Every agency that re-
duces the friction of business and conservcs
the trade of the city, benefits every man,
woman and child in the community.
Around this square or new plaza will
spring up numerous industries The rail-
road half will certainly be occupied by |
its industries, which the chief officer of the
company has said demand additional me-
chanics because of the company's business
needs.
These viii create demand for house |
building, will establish new homes in the
city, and insure disbursement of greater
sums of money every payday.
The dedication of the plat to public use
will work the abolition of Chinatown and |
remove forever the hideous view of that |
noxious quarter now presented to every
passenger by rail 1t will blot out the
noisome pond, with its offensive waters. 1t |
will conserve the public health. 1t will |
promote cleanliness and decent tastes, and |
as the Chinese will live only in "Guar-
ter" will compel them to find more distant
localities for their slave pens and houses |
of prostitution; for busy marts are uncon-
genial TO such things, and they cannot exist |
along public market front All knowl- |
edge and history of market-places and of
Chinese quarters establishes this.
The Improvement of the property to be
taken will work the enhancement of other
property, and thus by increasing assessa-
BILE values, decrease the tax rate upon all
the people.
1t is the one spot of all others in the city
for the purpose, because It is nearest to the
railroad depots and water front, and will
lessen the cost of hauling goods and pro-
duce for shipment and IN receipt. For
this reason it is fortunate that such cheap
property as this, by reason of its unim-
proved condition, can he taken by the city.
These are but portion of many reasons
why the voters of the city should cast
affirmative ballots next week, and refuse
to give the spirit of progress a rebuke by
negativing this important proposition.